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Gregor Mendel Institute - Quiz
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  • 1. What is the full name of the GMI?
A) Gregor Mendel Institute of Modern Plant Breeding
B) Genetics and Molecular Institute
C) Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology
D) Global Molecular Institute
  • 2. In which city is the GMI located?
A) Vienna
B) Salzburg
C) Innsbruck
D) Graz
  • 3. In which country is the GMI located?
A) Australia
B) Austria
C) Switzerland
D) Germany
  • 4. In what year was the GMI founded?
A) 2005
B) 1995
C) 2000
D) 2010
  • 5. Which organization founded the GMI?
A) European Research Council
B) Max Planck Society
C) University of Vienna
D) Austrian Academy of Sciences
  • 6. Approximately how many people does the GMI employ?
A) 300
B) 1,900
C) 50
D) 130
  • 7. Who was the founding director of the GMI?
A) Magnus Nordborg
B) Gregor Mendel
C) Dieter Schweizer
D) Liam Dolan
  • 8. Who is the current scientific director of the GMI?
A) Yasin Dagdas
B) Liam Dolan
C) Dieter Schweizer
D) Frédéric Berger
  • 9. After whom is the institute named?
A) Max Perutz
B) Dieter Schweizer
C) Gregor Mendel
D) Liam Dolan
  • 10. What title is Gregor Mendel known by?
A) Father of cell biology
B) Father of genetics
C) Father of epigenetics
D) Father of botany
  • 11. Where did Gregor Mendel study in the mid-19th century?
A) University of Cambridge
B) University of California
C) University of Lausanne
D) University of Vienna
  • 12. How many independent research groups were at GMI as of March 2023?
A) Twelve
B) Eight
C) Five
D) Ten
  • 13. What is the research focus of Frédéric Berger?
A) Chloroplast biogenesis
B) Insect-induced plant galls
C) Chromatin architecture and function
D) Population genetics
  • 14. What is the research focus of Yasin Dagdas?
A) Development and evolution of land plants
B) Horizontal gene transfer in plants and algae
C) Autophagy mediated cellular quality control mechanisms in plants
D) Mechanisms of recognition and silencing of transposons
  • 15. What is the research focus of Liam Dolan?
A) Chloroplast biogenesis
B) Development and evolution of land plants
C) Chromatin architecture and function
D) Population genetics
  • 16. What is the research focus of Nick Irwin?
A) Horizontal gene transfer in plants and algae
B) Insect-induced plant galls
C) Chromatin architecture and function
D) Autophagy mediated cellular quality control
  • 17. What is the research focus of Yan Ma?
A) Insect-induced plant galls
B) Chloroplast biogenesis and protein quality control
C) Development and evolution of land plants
D) Population genetics
  • 18. What is the research focus of Arturo Marí-Ordóñez?
A) Mechanisms of recognition and silencing of transposons in plants
B) Autophagy mediated cellular quality control
C) Chromatin architecture and function
D) Horizontal gene transfer in plants and algae
  • 19. What is the research focus of Magnus Nordborg?
A) Chloroplast biogenesis
B) Development and evolution of land plants
C) Population genetics
D) Insect-induced plant galls
  • 20. What is the research focus of Silvia Ramundo?
A) Chromatin architecture and function
B) Chloroplast biogenesis and protein quality control
C) Mechanisms of recognition and silencing of transposons
D) Horizontal gene transfer in plants and algae
  • 21. How often does the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) evaluate research at GMI?
A) Monthly
B) Every two years
C) Every five years
D) Annually
  • 22. Who consists the Scientific Advisory Board?
A) Austrian government officials
B) GMI internal researchers
C) Undergraduate students
D) Independent international experts
  • 23. What is the main task of the Scientific Advisory Board?
A) To manage daily administrative tasks
B) To fund new research projects directly
C) To teach classes at the university
D) To provide feedback on the quality of scientific work
  • 24. In which district of Vienna is the Vienna BioCenter located?
A) 19th district
B) 3rd district
C) 1st district
D) 10th district
  • 25. Approximately how many scientists are on the Vienna BioCenter campus?
A) Over 5,000
B) Over 500
C) Over 1,900
D) Over 130
  • 26. From how many countries do the scientists at the Vienna BioCenter come?
A) More than 70
B) More than 150
C) More than 20
D) Exactly 10
  • 27. Which of the following is located at the Vienna BioCenter alongside GMI?
A) ETH Zurich
B) CERN
C) Max Planck Institute Berlin
D) IMBA
  • 28. What does IMP stand for in the context of the Vienna BioCenter?
A) Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
B) Institute of Molecular Plant Biology
C) International Medical Program
D) Institute of Modern Physics
  • 29. Max Perutz Labs Vienna is a joint institute of the University of Vienna and which other institution?
A) Austrian Academy of Sciences
B) Vienna University of Technology
C) Medical University of Vienna
D) University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
  • 30. What services do GMI research groups use from the Vienna BioCenter Core Facilities?
A) Nuclear magnetic resonance and particle physics
B) Meteorological data collection
C) Clinical drug trials and patient diagnostics
D) High-throughput plant phenotyping and next generation sequencing
  • 31. What mobile games did GMI develop for science communication?
A) Puzzle games about chemical elements
B) Strategy games about building laboratories
C) Quiz search mobile games on the topic of plants
D) Action role-playing games about genetics
  • 32. What is the name of one of the plant quiz search games developed by GMI?
A) Chloroplast Chronicles
B) Vienna Plant Adventure
C) Botanic Quest
D) Mendel's Mystery
  • 33. What is the name of the second plant quiz search game developed by GMI?
A) Austrian Flora Challenge
B) Naturdenkmäler Wien Quest
C) Vienna BioCenter Quest
D) Alpine Plant Discovery
  • 34. What is gmi4kids?
A) An information platform for children
B) A school in Vienna
C) A mobile game for toddlers
D) A toy store for young scientists
  • 35. Richard Durbin is affiliated with which university on the SAB?
A) University of Vienna
B) University of California, Berkeley
C) University of Cambridge
D) University of Lausanne
  • 36. Niko Geldner is affiliated with which university on the SAB?
A) University of Lausanne
B) University of Cambridge
C) University of California, Riverside
D) University of Oxford
  • 37. Harmit Malik is affiliated with which center on the SAB?
A) Max Planck Institute
B) Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
C) The Sainsbury Laboratory
D) RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
  • 38. Krishna Niyogi is affiliated with which university on the SAB?
A) University of Lausanne
B) University of California, Berkeley
C) University of California, Riverside
D) University of Cambridge
  • 39. Keiko Sugimoto is affiliated with which organization on the SAB?
A) Max Planck Institute
B) Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
C) The Sainsbury Laboratory
D) RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
  • 40. Nick Talbot is affiliated with which institution on the SAB?
A) RIKEN Center
B) Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
C) Max Planck Institute
D) The Sainsbury Laboratory
  • 41. Miltos Tsiantis is affiliated with which institute on the SAB?
A) University of Cambridge
B) Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
C) University of Lausanne
D) The Sainsbury Laboratory
  • 42. Susan Wessler is affiliated with which university on the SAB?
A) University of Cambridge
B) University of California, Riverside
C) University of Lausanne
D) University of California, Berkeley
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